Greece's famous mystery tomb at Amphipolis held at least 5 bodies

(Image credit: Twitter/World Archaeology)

Greece's Amphipolis tomb has puzzled archaeologists for months. Experts believe it may hold a relative of Alexander the Great, and it's already yielded a fascinating mosaic, a skeleton, and a secret chamber.

On Monday, Greece's culture ministry announced that remains from five corpses were discovered in the tomb, which dates to between 325 B.C.E. and 300 B.C.E. Two of the bodies include that of an elderly woman and that of a baby.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.